Industry

The Municipality can boast of both big and small industries. These industries offer employment to the local people as well as the neighboring communities. These include manufacturing, processing and refinery industries. Also existing in the Municipality are industries that offer transport and haulage services as well as banking services which contribute to internal generated revenue in terms of business operating licences and property rate. This indeed contributes to a greater part of the Assembly’s development agenda even though it is still having boundary disputes with it sister Assemblies (Tema, Adentan, Ashiaman and Prampram).

It should be noted that the Assembly is working very hard to resolve its boundary issues by having dialogues with the sister Assemblies to reach a consensus. For instance, the Assembly and Ningo-Prampram have reached a consensus on their boundaries.

The Municipality economically apart from the agglomeration of industries also has the ASOGLI thermal plant seated in the Municipality as well as GRIDCO. This supports the industries in its operations. The West Africa Gas Pipeline also passes through the Municipality.

Artisan Village

The light industrial area in the Municipality is popularly known as ‘Kokompe’. The resident artisans are involved in various activities like car spraying, welding, fitting and vulcanizing. It has an active Garages Association under the Ghana National Association of Garages. These industrial activities though small in nature have offered skill and employment to some of the
youth in the area.

Some of the major challenges facing the industry are the bad road network, lack of vocational training institute, inadequate financial assistance among others.

Mining & Quarrying

Stone quarrying and sand winning activities are carried out in the Municipality, notable among them are stone quarry at Kpone, sand winning at Santeo, Zeenu, Katamanso and Appolonia.

Apart from Eastern Quarry which pays business operating permit fee to the Assembly, all the others are illegal and they do not comply with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by-laws. These activities degrade the land and pollute the environment which has adverse effects on the health conditions of the people.

The activities of these illegal operators therefore have to be regulated to help generate revenue for the Assembly and at the same time create more jobs for the youth in these areas.